The Squad take on Cavia’s peculiar, tragic, bleak and darkly humorous action RPG Nier, coming face to face with intersex characters, talking books and questions regarding the morality of video game violence along the way.

I don't really have much to say here on the outset except that Nier is my #1 favorite game of the PS3/XB360 generation. I love it so much. I want to talk about it all day with anybody and everybody. It's THE metatextual masterpiece. The postmodern play experience du jour. Whenever I buy a new video game in my post-Nier life, my brain asks itself "I wonder if this game will satisfy me intellectually, philosophically, creatively and emotionally the way that Nier did?" I am always disappointed.

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Since 2005, the Squadron of Shame has been embedded at the vanguard of underappreciated, obscure and noteworthy videogames. Crossing title after title off our collective Piles of Shame, the Squad continues its mission of exploring noteworthy games from the frontiers of civilized lands and reporting, discussing and podcasting in a spirit of cameraderie. Join us!

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Since 2005, the Squadron of Shame has been embedded at the vanguard of underappreciated, obscure and noteworthy videogames.